1. A Growing Economy Ch. 11 Lesson 1
Essential Question: How does geography influence the way people live?
Learning Goal: SWBAT explain and analyze how new machines affected production at a textile mill, why industrial growth began in New England, draw conclusions about how the growth of factories contributed to the Industrial Revolution, identify and evaluate the elements of the free enterprise system, compare agriculture in different regions of the country, and analyze how cotton farming affected slavery.
A Growing Economy Ch. 11 Lesson 1

8. Vocabulary Cotton gin Interchangeable parts Patent Capitalism
A machine that removes seeds from cotton fiber
Interchangeable parts
A part of a machine or device that can be replaced by another, identical part
Patent
Sole legal right to an invention and its profits
Capitalism
Economic system in which people and companies own the means of production

9. Vocabulary Capital Free enterprise Technology Element
Money or other resources used to create wealth
Free enterprise
A type of economy where people are free to buy, sell, and produce whatever they want
Technology
Equipment that makes use of advanced knowledge and skill to solve a problem or do a task
Element
Part of a larger whole

10. Industrial Growth video
Most people lived where they worked
Made what they needed
Mid-1700s
British used water to power machines
People stopped farming and received pay for working instead
Known as the Industrial Revolution

11. The Industrial Revolution in the United States
Industrial Revolution reached the US around 1800
New England was affected first
Poor soil was bad for farming
Rivers and streams offered the waterpower needed for factories
Had many ports that were good for shipping raw materials

12. New Inventions New technology influenced this revolution
Changed the way people made cloth
Machines saved time and money
1793: Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin
Quickly removed seeds from cotton video
Allowed for huge increase in cotton production
Whitney also invented interchangeable parts video
Muskets for the government
Easy to fix a broken part of a musket
Easy for any person to create a particular part

14. Rise of Factories
Patent law passed in 1790 was to protect the rights of inventors video
Samuel Slater memorized designs of machines in Britain and brought them to the US
Machines made cotton thread
Slater’s machines were improved by Francis Cabot Lowell
Made thread and cloth
Began a factory system in which all steps of manufacturing were in one place

15. Free Enterprise
The capitalist economic system helped spur the industrial growth
Owners decided how to use their own property, the government does not control the business
Spurs competition
Competition helps push businesses to improve
Elements of free enterprise
Economic freedom
Profit
Private property
competition

16. Agriculture Grows
In the early 1800s most Americans still lived and worked on farms
As families moved west, agriculture moved with them
Southern farms began to grow cotton more frequently
More factories in the North called for more cotton from the South
Demand for slaves came along with demand for more cotton

17. Growth of Corporations
1830s- laws allowed for the growth of corporations
A business with many owners
Sold stock to raise money for new factories
Corporations boosted industrialization

18. Cities Grow Up Cities along rivers had more factories
Good for waterpower
Good for shipping to markets
Older cities (New York, Boston) were centers for trade
Cities to the west (newer cities) (Pittsburgh, Cincinnati) were located on major rivers
More products were shipped quickly so these towns grew

19. Cities Grow Up Cities offered many opportunities
Jobs, steadier wages
As cities grew, culture grew as well
museums, libraries, and shops were built